UP Home Guard Syllabus: GK Paper, Exam Pattern and Topic List

Selection stages in brief

Home Guard enrolment in Uttar Pradesh is now run by the Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, and vacancies are counted separately for each of the 75 districts. The process moves in this order:

1. Written examination (general knowledge)
2. Document scrutiny together with the Physical Standard Test (height, chest and weight)
3. Physical Efficiency Test (a timed run)
4. Medical check before final enrolment

The written paper is the only scored stage. Height, chest and the timed run only need to be cleared. Merit is drawn from normalised written marks, plus extra marks for preferential qualifications where the notice allows them, which is why the cut off differs from district to district. Past district lines are explained in our home guard cut off guide.

UP homeguard exam pattern

With 120 minutes for 100 one line questions, time is rarely the problem. Accuracy is. If your admit card says there is no penalty for wrong answers, leave nothing blank.

Full UP home guard syllabus by topic

India: history, polity and economy

• Indian history and the freedom movement
• Constitution of India, rights and duties, human rights
• Indian economy and agriculture, commerce and trade, currency and banking basics
• Natural resources, environment and urbanisation

Geography and the world

• Physical features of India, continents and oceans
• Population, capitals and important places
• India and its neighbouring countries
• National and international organisations

Science and society

• General science of everyday life
• Scientific progress, research and discoveries
• Cyber crime and internal security basics
• Art and culture, Indian languages, books and authors, awards

Uttar Pradesh special

• Revenue, police and administrative set up of the state
• Education, culture and social customs of UP
• Natural resources, fairs and festivals
• State welfare schemes

Current affairs

• Important national and state events of the past year

Which areas deserve most time

With equal marks on each question and a very wide topic spread, no single chapter decides your result. A sensible split is to give about a third of your study time to Uttar Pradesh topics and current affairs, since most aspirants from other boards know these least, and spread the rest across history, polity, geography and science.

A six week plan for the GK paper

1. Week 1: Indian history and the national movement from NCERT books.
2. Week 2: Constitution, rights, human rights and basic economy.
3. Week 3: India and world geography, neighbours, capitals, organisations.
4. Week 4: everyday science, cyber crime and internal security.
5. Week 5: Uttar Pradesh administration, culture, fairs, resources and schemes.
6. Week 6: current affairs revision and three full timed tests on OMR sheets.

For books, NCERT school textbooks and a state GK reference are enough. Planning to try for police jobs as well? the UP police constable syllabus shares much of this GK and adds reasoning and maths.

Eligibility and physical stages to keep in mind

The minimum schooling is the 10th (high school) from a recognised board. The reported age range for the latest enrolment was 18 to 30 years for general candidates, with relaxation for reserved groups under state rules. Height, chest, weight and running standards for men and women are given in the notification, and the PST is held along with document checking.

Plan some running practice alongside your GK study, because failing the PET ends your chance even with a strong written score. The exact standards are printed in the latest notice on the Board's website, and browse other uniformed service options in our police and defence section.

UP home guard syllabus in Hindi

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यूपी होमगार्ड लिखित परीक्षा में केवल सामान्य ज्ञान का एक प्रश्नपत्र होता है। इसमें 100 वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न आते हैं, हर प्रश्न एक अंक का है और समय दो घंटे मिलता है। उत्तर ओएमआर शीट पर भरने होते हैं। विषयों में भारतीय इतिहास, संविधान, मानवाधिकार, अर्थव्यवस्था, भूगोल, सामान्य विज्ञान, साइबर अपराध, कला संस्कृति, पुरस्कार और करेंट अफेयर्स शामिल हैं। उत्तर प्रदेश के राजस्व, पुलिस और प्रशासनिक ढाँचे, मेलों, त्योहारों और योजनाओं से भी प्रश्न पूछे जाते हैं। 25 प्रतिशत से कम अंक पाने वाले आगे नहीं बढ़ते।